ascent
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(noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make the grade" |
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Synonyms: acclivity, climb, raise, rise, upgrade |
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Related Words: incline, side, slope, uphill |
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Antonyms: descent |
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(noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction |
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Synonyms: ascending, ascension, rise |
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Related Words: climb, heave, heaving, motion, mount, move, movement, soar, zoom |
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(noun) a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" |
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Synonyms: ascension, rise, rising |
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Related Words: change of location, climb, climbing, elevation, heave, heaving, lift, liftoff, mounting, raising, rapid climb, rapid growth, takeoff, travel, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upthrow, upthrust, zoom |
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